I have just released a new hosts package. Due to the fact that by default the package blocks some ad sites from places like ebay and such that you may really want to have access to. So I have added an exclude option to the package so that when you run across such sites that you do not want to block you can add them to the hosts.exclude file and then the package will not block those sites. Be away that the exclude part only runs with an update process like "rc_hosts update" and NOT just by restarting the hosts package. The new package can be installed with

Yes, the downside is that occasionally you want to go to one of the add sites and you will have to go into the setup and put that site in the white list. Stuff like google and ebay adds that give you a link. It also slows down DNS lookups a small amount, which is noticeable to a small degree.

Yes it will run on 034.

If you are afraid that you might make a mistake. The chances are high that you will never learn anything.

The package has been updated, dRB has written some extra CGI scripts so that the hosts package can be ran entirely from the web control panel. The new scripting gives you the ability to easily add URLs to the exclude list and remove entries as well.